Francis Bacon ESSAYS in a Beautiful Full Leather popular Fine Binding

BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL, with Notes and Glossarial Index by W. Aldis Wright

London: Macmillan and Co., 1920

12mo (4 x 6 inches) in full mottled calf with five raised bands, gilt titling and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards and board edges, and all edges gilt. xxxi, 388 pp. VG. Light wear. Two faint spot stains to front board. The binding is strong and the text block is clean and tight. Light foxing to the front matter. The text is pristine throughout.

A sumptuously bound pocket sized reprint of Wright's third edition of 1865 popular with his extensive notes and glossary. The text is an edited version of the 1625 edition with period spelling.

Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.